New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-24
BTRIED BY FALLING WALLS.
AN OLD HOUSE FALLS IN HALL-PLACE.

srx MEN CAUGHT AMID THE RUfNs-soME S"ohA->
BONES BUT NO FATAL INJURIES
An alarm of fire at sixthst and the Bowery' follower
by call for FIVE ambuances, gave rise 10 ru"os "
Of life and caused much excitement In various
the city Yesterday afternoon. What had haPpeno
the fall of two floors and the rear wall Oh an o ,t
honsa an Ua,.nlace in the rear of Tompkins Marho"
resu,,ino I'm the injury OF several men VINO "ce O"
Gagged IN tearing the house down. Aoou. W. g"
Charles Hickman contractor OF NO o4i h"Ss sS a.
teenth-st set gang Of men to Work 10 ue'nV -
t~o bu,ld,ncs Nos A and Hall place, owned py rrou
,o, uors,mann a milkman at No. $50 East Nlnths|
They were brick houses with slanuhg rooi'
and thew had peen standing there for nearly MY S9
No had at one time been occupied party aS Po .I
factory by a dealer In the market ana lnoio 100
there was beer shop and restaurant Ill the wv a.,
The workmen noticed yesterday morning Ina" "a
80. ,o,,e ~ the building were crumbling ana
.t NOM a beam fell out OF place at the tniru NOV
,rortman named Fulmer was hit on the heau W
beam when IL fell, but he was not seriously ~
went TO his home In East Third-st, near Avenue "
when the men resumed work at p. M all the "oou'
ork in both houses had removed with the eAcep
n, the floor beams and the brick walls had been taken
down ss far as the top Of the second s'ory' "i .,
IIeckman the contractors brother was working WIN
Gustay Schneider Frederick Rapp, Franz KICKOFF D. d.
Poschade Charles Stein, Adam Simon, Charies newman
Daniel Altmas and John jock The contractor eons
Newman away before p. IN. and at that nour no We"
standing In front OF the buildings giving oruers " ~
other men. Simon, Altmas and Jeck Were p on M
ground and william Hickman, SchrelDet, 1SP, 90 tho
Poschadel and Stein, were at work on tna p par, W
beam fel out Of place and the others followed
suit so quickly that the workmen haa no Ta Which
escape The six men went down with the beams, whigd
crashed through the second and first floors al OF a te
rear wall and few bricks from the front nn a Cloud of
dust which filled the street and obscureu tne puie
on both sides for several minutes With s,snt bruises
Charles stein, who had escaped with sIigh' VI 11ot
staggered out into street. half choked WIN e SS
The contractor shouted to m cs 10 the french
Engine Companies Nos 90 70 ana 90 anu 1h nroans
Ladder the inared men we're heard Sy when
they reached the ruined building Rapp Kickoff ana
diacutV and were carried into the market building
Heckmans left leg held fast between tTS pear AIMS
and schreber.was buried out of sight Che1 Say WIN t
soon arrived direct the work of Tie fremen sent OUT
q call for five ambulances A.. A. o,,,horbood
filled the narrow street and overlooked into inc adSe
until the Fifth Police formed lines ana Gear S
space for the ambulances. Surgeons from the new
York St. Vincents, Chambers Street Bellevue ana
slip Hospitals we're Rspp whose home was at
No 124 Fifth St. found to have fracture OF ne eI'
leg and many sg@ rmap Of No. 2sI East Thrs had
several ribs broken and was bleeding from GUS o %
LOT Both legs were broken and he cut and bruised
about the head and body. His home was su 10 pe ~
Thirty sixth st between Tenth and Eleventh aves ne
could scarcely SPEAK on of pain when he was
carried to the NewYork Hospital in Cnamnets o Nv
ambulance Kickoff and Rapp went together IN the new
York Hospital ambulance. -, =. ,ror,, d,ec,no ont
Meanwhile the remen were hard az wOr9 we're
scooped M by the hands and flung aside ana beams
were cut apart with axes and saws Win az POssLp
haste Young Hickman able TO direct the work oI
fbe men, who were trying to exricate LIS bruised reg
One Of the beams was sawed through IN Two PidioSS
before he could be pulled out Of his awkward posiuoh
IA he was not seriously hurt, he went home deenhg
the proered aid Of the surgeons The hremeh wolaon
nearly half an hour before they were able 10 reacn
Schreber and he was nearly nsensible from the enec
of the dust which had inhaled when he was
ont Of the rubbish He was old German. living at No.
All East Houston-st surgeon who examined MN,
said had been bruised severely, but no Dones Were
broken He was carried in an ambulance TO 81 Nlhcents
Hospital Late the afternoon 1t was said az me nos
pitfalls that none OF the injured men was likely 10 ae
THE firemen threw down the front wall OF the Dnldng
No g. and the police kept watch in the street EeI 70
warn people from the place, the lower part OF NO.
still remained insecure Hickman the contractor:
said the fall OF the floors caused by the weakness OF
fhe Foundation walls thought the accident cOuld not
have been foreseen by any person The police dd no'
appear TO think that there had been any criminal care
iessness as no arrests made The building NO
Hallplacc will be pulled down today with caution
stable is 10 be built where the old houses STOOD